Originally Posted by cmd320 (Post 26763251)

Why didn't you just select the aisle seat at booking? :confused:



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Originally Posted by Crazyhotelguy (Post 26765212)

Last minute upgrade. I was willing to switch.

Originally Posted by Crazyhotelguy (Post 26763231)

Posted portion of this in the window shade etiquette thread, but it really deserved a mention here....

DYKWIA on my flight today decided that although he was in the aisle, he had complete control over the window shade. He asked if I would put it up, but due to trying to sleep, I politely declined since I wanted to sleep on the morning flight. He grumbles and I offer him the window seat, to which he declines.

Nearing landing, I am passed out nicely, when all of a sudden the window shade slams open and I awake to a burst of light and two beefy old man eyes staring at me.

I was not happy, but trying to contain the outrage, I again ask if he wants to sit by the window. He loudly proclaims that it should be up since it was down the entire flight. In embarrassment for him, I complied as to not raise a scene.

I have no problem with people sitting at the window having the shade up or down. I do have a problem if I have the window and am trying to sleep and that wish is not honored. Oh, and being stared at in my personal space is pretty uncool as well.

He was also the type to immediately get on the phone at landing proclaiming as loudly as possible how he was so important and that he got to golf yesterday.

Originally Posted by stormlover (Post 26586888)

I am a 300lb woman who typically sits in the window seat expressly for the purpose of looking out the window. Trust me when I say that if I need to get out to pee, you staying in your seat isn't going to stop me. I have no issues with standing on my seat and using (and potentially breaking) the armrests to get over you. I'll use the same method to get back into my seat if necessary.

Have a nice flight.

Originally Posted by Crazyhotelguy (Post 26763231)

Posted portion of this in the window shade etiquette thread, but it really deserved a mention here....

DYKWIA on my flight today decided that although he was in the aisle, he had complete control over the window shade. He asked if I would put it up, but due to trying to sleep, I politely declined since I wanted to sleep on the morning flight. He grumbles and I offer him the window seat, to which he declines.

Nearing landing, I am passed out nicely, when all of a sudden the window shade slams open and I awake to a burst of light and two beefy old man eyes staring at me.

I was not happy, but trying to contain the outrage, I again ask if he wants to sit by the window. He loudly proclaims that it should be up since it was down the entire flight. In embarrassment for him, I complied as to not raise a scene.

I have no problem with people sitting at the window having the shade up or down. I do have a problem if I have the window and am trying to sleep and that wish is not honored. Oh, and being stared at in my personal space is pretty uncool as well.

He was also the type to immediately get on the phone at landing proclaiming as loudly as possible how he was so important and that he got to golf yesterday.

Originally Posted by Juanefny (Post 26765335)

I wish I had a quarter of your patience :)

Originally Posted by kettle1 (Post 26765436)

I would have lowered the shade back down. Actually, since he slammed it open, I would have slammed it back down. What I would have told him cannot be posted on this forum.

Originally Posted by N639DL (Post 26765532)

I'm glad that this thread exists as I've been wanting to get this on FT for a while.

This was about 7 months ago on an hour long flight TPA-ATL, MD-90 (I'm sure you know the airline by now - there's a good thread in that airline's forum about snarky people but this is a window shade thing so it goes in the window shade thread).

I was in an A seat (window, left wing) and shortly after takeoff I noticed a hand coming in between my seat and the wall. The lady behind me pulled my window shade down. And this wasn't a case where my seatback was right over the window (where technically either row could control), my shoulder was where her hand ended up pulling the shade down. She stuck her hand in between my seat and the wall.

I was pretty appalled that someone would do that. The lady didn't do anything else, I didn't say anything, and I re-opened the shade sometime when the flight was descending. It was a mid-afternoon flight and was a nice day outside. I don't understand however how the row in front of you having their window shade open would be such a disturbance...

Originally Posted by BeatCal (Post 26766170)

Like the middle armrest, the shade does not "belong" to either seat. The aisle guy has a right to it too

Originally Posted by tvtd (Post 26766174)

Out. Of. Control.

Barring verbal request from another row, and a valid one at that like a migraine, that shade would have been up faster than than the previous DYKWIA.

Originally Posted by pvn (Post 26766384)

D- troll attempt

Originally Posted by jsk1973 (Post 26767664)

Not remotely. And on at least several airlines I've flown, the window shade has to be up for landing anyway.